Jury selection set for trial of former Connecticut governor Rowland
NEW HAVEN Conn. (Reuters) – Jury selection begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut for the trial of former Governor John Rowland on charges of violating campaign laws by seeking back-room consulting jobs on two Republican congressional cam…
Wife of man who filmed NYPD choke hold is charged with assault
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police have arrested the wife of a New York City man who filmed an officer using a choke hold on a suspect who later died, authorities said on Wednesday, charging her with misdemeanor assault days after her husband was detained on …
Man pleads not guilty to possessing gun believed tied to Boston bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – A high school friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges including having owned a gun that prosecutors believe may have been used by suspects in the 2013 attack.
Life in Virginia executive mansion probed in corruption trial
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen probed their personal life on Wednesday, with an ex-aide saying the first lady had wanted more time with her husband and yell…
Search for missing Washington girl enters third day with few clues
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state said on Wednesday they had searched homes, trash bins and the woods surrounding the mobile home park of a missing 6-year-old girl but remain uncertain whether she may have been abducted.
Donald Trump sues to strip his name from NJ casinos in ‘disrepair’
(Reuters) – Donald Trump wants his name taken off two Atlantic City, New Jersey, casinos he founded but no longer controls, saying in a lawsuit that they have become so dilapidated that they damage his brand image.
New York City subway cars fumigated after bedbug sightings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three New York City subway trains had to be fumigated after riders and staff spotted bedbugs in the cars, a transit spokesman said on Wednesday.
Grand jury indicts three New Mexico teens for murdering homeless men
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A grand jury has indicted three Albuquerque teens for first degree murder in the beating deaths of two homeless American Indian men, which shocked New Mexico’s biggest city.
District of Columbia legal pot measure heads for November ballot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An initiative to legalize marijuana possession in the District of Columbia was cleared on Wednesday for a Nov. 4 vote in the U.S. capital, an election board spokeswoman said.
Kansas Republican senator Roberts fights off Tea Party challenger
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – Veteran Republican Senator Pat Roberts fought off a Kansas primary challenge by a Tea Party-backed doctor who had promised a “family feud” with his distant relative President Barack Obama if elected, results on Wednesday sho…
